Lead Specialist, AI Scientist
Pearson · ES
AI Scientist / Engineer – Speech Language Model Role Summary The AI Scientist / Engineer – Speech Language Models leads the design, development, and evaluati...
Job description
AI Scientist / Engineer – Speech Language Model Role Summary: The AI Scientist / Engineer – Speech Language Models leads the design, development, and evaluation of AI systems for language assessment, real‑time feedback, and skills evaluation. The role focuses on speech recognition, spoken language modeling, and automated scoring, ensuring models are accurate, reliable, fair, and scalable across learner‑facing and hiring‑facing applications. Key Responsibilities: pronunciation analysis, fluency, prosody, and communicative effectiveness. o AI‑driven speaking practice with instant feedback (learner‑facing). o Job‑relevant oral communication and soft‑skills assessments (hiring‑facing). speech LMs, and scoring models, including neural and large language model–based approaches. ensure assessment quality and decision integrity. competence, spoken critical thinking skills etc. spoken features, and scoring behaviors to guide model and product improvements. experiences such as practice simulations, and hiring workflows. and proficiency levels, as well as transparency of feedback and scores. quality and compliance for high‑stakes use cases. a Product Manager to translate assessment goals, use...